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tonight the ntsb investigating the crucial seven seconds and the pilot in training. the airline says he was experienced in other aircraft but 43 hours training time on the 777. >> is that enough to land at the san francisco airport? >> there's always going to be the first time for someone to land at a different airport. >> reporter: the ntsb telling us the co-pilot is just as important there to guide him. tonight with new images, a clear view of the different shades of horror the passengers faced depending on where they were sitting. this passenger surveying the wreckage with us from the bay. he was sitting in 30k. >> very close to the emergency exit? >> the very seat next to the door, yes. >> reporter: the challenge for him, that exit shoot mangled. he had to help passengers climb down out of that door using the debris as stairs. this woman, seat 40c, traveling with her 4-year-old son who broke his leg. in the middle of the cabin minutes after escaping you could see the flames through the windows. this man in 3k bumped into business class before the flight. those ro
tonight the ntsb investigating the crucial seven seconds and the pilot in training. the airline says he was experienced in other aircraft but 43 hours training time on the 777. >> is that enough to land at the san francisco airport? >> there's always going to be the first time for someone to land at a different airport. >> reporter: the ntsb telling us the co-pilot is just as important there to guide him. tonight with new images, a clear view of the different shades of horror...
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i guess they're leaving that for the ntsb. let's roll the videotape. hear what they did tell us about a half-hour ago. >> ladies and gentleman, this its a fluid and active scene. not everyone has yet to be accounted for. our first responders responded immediately to this incident. and bay area hospitals, some nine of them including san francisco general, are treating those with injuries and, we will continue off to monitor their conditions. >> when we had arrived on scene the chutes had been deployed. we observed multiple numbers of people coming down the chutes and walking to their safety. a good thing. still very active in terms of coordinating all the numbers. and so forth. i am told the information from asiana airlines, manifest included 291 passengers, with 16 crew, total of 307. we had 48 initial transports from the scene to area homes. and that was, both at san francisco county and san mateo county. >> i know that we are throwing a lot of numbers at you. this is all the information we are getting right now. looking at videotape of a woman being
i guess they're leaving that for the ntsb. let's roll the videotape. hear what they did tell us about a half-hour ago. >> ladies and gentleman, this its a fluid and active scene. not everyone has yet to be accounted for. our first responders responded immediately to this incident. and bay area hospitals, some nine of them including san francisco general, are treating those with injuries and, we will continue off to monitor their conditions. >> when we had arrived on scene the chutes...
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the ntsb is in the process of interviewing the crew of flight 219. deborah villalon has more on the investigation. >> reporter: it's an eerie seen looking over the water. especially with jets landing on its side. and it seems like the more ntsb learns about this wreck, the more questions there are. you would not drive 25 on the fast lane but that's exactly what the plane did. the rem remnants will remain, every inch, every piece part of the puzzle. >> we know there's a lot of questions about the pilots they are experienced in their background and training. >> reporter: an asiana captain with little time in a 777 in his first sfo landing. assisted by a captain he himself new to training. >> we do not want to bias those interviews. we're going to take as much time as we need to get the interviews done right and in a way that crew members are able to communicate comfortably. >> reporter: and in the landing, authorities found nothing strange in the cockpit. the right maps, but at landing. >> at landing they were going 15 knots. >> reporter: it heaves one
the ntsb is in the process of interviewing the crew of flight 219. deborah villalon has more on the investigation. >> reporter: it's an eerie seen looking over the water. especially with jets landing on its side. and it seems like the more ntsb learns about this wreck, the more questions there are. you would not drive 25 on the fast lane but that's exactly what the plane did. the rem remnants will remain, every inch, every piece part of the puzzle. >> we know there's a lot of...
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the remaining six the ntsb wants to interview are still in the hospital. one of the pilots told ntsb investigators he was blinded by a flash of light about 500 feet in the air. that would have been about 34 seconds before impact. the ntsb has not yet said if that flash of light may have had any impact on the crash. anthony and norah. >> ben tracy, thanks. remarkable how calm some callers were. closing arguments will start today in the george zimmerman murder trial. he's charged in the shooting death of teenager trayvon martin. yesterday brought more tension between the judge and the defense team. mark strassmann is at the courthouse in sanford, florida. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. judge nelson has to make a key ruling before those closing arguments can begin. should the jury be allowed to consider lesser charges of manslaughter and aggravated assault. if she does zimmerman's defense team has a new worry. this jury could acquit him of murder but convict him on a compromised verdict. >> you're aware that during this trial you have the absolute r
the remaining six the ntsb wants to interview are still in the hospital. one of the pilots told ntsb investigators he was blinded by a flash of light about 500 feet in the air. that would have been about 34 seconds before impact. the ntsb has not yet said if that flash of light may have had any impact on the crash. anthony and norah. >> ben tracy, thanks. remarkable how calm some callers were. closing arguments will start today in the george zimmerman murder trial. he's charged in the...
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some are not so sure. >> ntsb investigators climbed on board the plane today. they continued the search for the cause of saturday's crash. the chairman said when she goes inside the airport she is hearing the investigation is already having an impact. >> i have been approached at the airport by flight crews, flight attendants. i know it makes them think twice when they are coming in here about safety. >> the world's largest pilot union has criticized her for releasing too much information too soon. the latest information from investigators is that the pilots thought their automatic controls, which are similar to a car's cruise control, were monitoring their speed. >> what we identify post crash is that the auto throttles were armed and available if use. that does not mean they are active. >> the pilots union worry that information like this will cause people to jump to conclusions about the cause of the crash. we asked the chairman about the criticism. she says people in the aviation community need this information. >> there are a lot of advocates for a lot dif
some are not so sure. >> ntsb investigators climbed on board the plane today. they continued the search for the cause of saturday's crash. the chairman said when she goes inside the airport she is hearing the investigation is already having an impact. >> i have been approached at the airport by flight crews, flight attendants. i know it makes them think twice when they are coming in here about safety. >> the world's largest pilot union has criticized her for releasing too much...
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. >> reporter: these new ntsb photos show seats crushed and jumbled together. amazing so many survived. >> everybody screamed. dark and most of ash. everywhere is ash. >> reporter: some passengers thrown from the plane, suffering road rash from skidding along the runway. >> we got there within three minutes. there were flames coming off the plane. >> reporter: the parents of two teenage girls killed in the crash grief stricken, their daughters headed for summer camp here in california. more than a dozen are still hospitalized, two of them paralyzed. still such a violent crash and so few injuries and deaths. >> it is nothing short of a miracle that we had literally 123 people walk away from this. >> reporter: a miracle prompting many questions. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: and adding to the tragedy of all of this, the san mateo county coroner here saying one of those young women who died may have been hit by an emergency vehicle as it was rushing to the plane. it's not clear whether that person was already dead when the vehicle may have hit it. the ma
. >> reporter: these new ntsb photos show seats crushed and jumbled together. amazing so many survived. >> everybody screamed. dark and most of ash. everywhere is ash. >> reporter: some passengers thrown from the plane, suffering road rash from skidding along the runway. >> we got there within three minutes. there were flames coming off the plane. >> reporter: the parents of two teenage girls killed in the crash grief stricken, their daughters headed for summer...
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and we have just been told by ntsb they hope to release the runway tonight. although it's going to take some time to clear all the debris from the runway. we also learned this afternoon as you mentioned, first the pilots did not order that an evacuation would be ordered. it took 90 seconds before they would begin evacuates. because at first they did not realize how bad the crash was. 12 flight attendants on board flight 214. rescuers credit their quick action with helping to save 307 lives. >> as the evacuation went on, the fire did continue and the flight attendants and flight crew were involved in trying to fight the fire on the inside. >> reporter: three flight attendants were ejected from the rear of the plane on impact. one sustained massive head injuries, the other a broken leg. a first officer in a 747 waiting to take off on the same runway after flight 214 landed described the crash and then two survivors stumbling but moving. i saw one survivor stand up, walk a few feet, then appear to squat down. the other appeared to be a woman and was walking and
and we have just been told by ntsb they hope to release the runway tonight. although it's going to take some time to clear all the debris from the runway. we also learned this afternoon as you mentioned, first the pilots did not order that an evacuation would be ordered. it took 90 seconds before they would begin evacuates. because at first they did not realize how bad the crash was. 12 flight attendants on board flight 214. rescuers credit their quick action with helping to save 307 lives....
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the ntsb says the pilots did get eight hours of sleep prior to the flight. we also learned that at 4,000 feet, the pilots were too high on their final approach. but then at 500 feet, the pilots realized they were too low. at that point, they had 34 seconds prior to the crash to adjust their flight path. we have team coverage tonight but we begin with a story you'll see only on 2. we talked to the coroner face- to-face about the deadly crash. >> reporter: the coroner told me, with such a large event, there's an incredible amount of evidence to go through, everything from interviews with all the first responders to aerial footage. all of it will help him figure out if this 16-year-old girl from china was in fact hit by a fire truck and if that's what killed her. moments after asiana flight 214 went down at sfo, san francisco firefighters rushed in to rescue passengers. but in the chaos of saturday's crash, authorities say it's possible 16-year-old ye mengyuan was run over by a large aircraft rescue firefighting vehicle. >> we have to have a better understandin
the ntsb says the pilots did get eight hours of sleep prior to the flight. we also learned that at 4,000 feet, the pilots were too high on their final approach. but then at 500 feet, the pilots realized they were too low. at that point, they had 34 seconds prior to the crash to adjust their flight path. we have team coverage tonight but we begin with a story you'll see only on 2. we talked to the coroner face- to-face about the deadly crash. >> reporter: the coroner told me, with such a...
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the ntsb saying asiana flight 214 was traveling well below its target landing speed and that the plane's eerienced pilot was new to the 777. unrest in egypt continues pushing up the price of oil. late breaking detail of that. plus 19 arizona firefighters remembered in a solemn ceremony. >>> d-day for american espionage suspect edward snowden. and 40 people still missing from a highly explosive train derailment. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for monday, july 8th. >>> good morning to you. i'm richard lui. as investigators work to find the cause of saturday's deadly plane crash in san francisco, this morning there is word it's happened again. this time in alaska. officials say all ten people on board were killed when the small plane went down sunday and burst into flames. the single engine plane crashed just after takeoff around 11:00 a.m. local time. no word yet on a cause but it's the second small plane crash in alaska since june 28th. in a state where air traffic is very common. the team from the national transportation safety board is on its way to
the ntsb saying asiana flight 214 was traveling well below its target landing speed and that the plane's eerienced pilot was new to the 777. unrest in egypt continues pushing up the price of oil. late breaking detail of that. plus 19 arizona firefighters remembered in a solemn ceremony. >>> d-day for american espionage suspect edward snowden. and 40 people still missing from a highly explosive train derailment. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is...
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the ntsb has not gotten in the middle of these engines yet. it will take many, many days to look at the engines and the flight data before they can ascertain if there was any sort of an engine problem. then it leads you to believe, did the airlines have kmup indication with their pilots? have they said something? have they communicated what happened? a lot of questions are going to be on the tips of investigators' minds as they begin this process, and this will be a thorough meticulous process, alex. they will look at everything from the engines to the aircraft struck tour to how the pilots performed inside, how about the flight aten damts? what about the egress, how quickly did they get out of the plane. why did so many people survive the crash. the fire rescue response. all of this will be part of the investigation because not only do they want to find out what caused the crash but hopefully is there anything they can do, we can do better in the feature in the event there's another one of these horrific accidents. >> tom costello, thank you
the ntsb has not gotten in the middle of these engines yet. it will take many, many days to look at the engines and the flight data before they can ascertain if there was any sort of an engine problem. then it leads you to believe, did the airlines have kmup indication with their pilots? have they said something? have they communicated what happened? a lot of questions are going to be on the tips of investigators' minds as they begin this process, and this will be a thorough meticulous process,...
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would be a matter of handing the run way back over to sfo to do debris clean up, the evidence that the ntsb does not need and then, the airport has a long task, perhaps as much as a week of not only finishing the cleanup, but also the repairs to make sure that the runway is safe to accept planes for landing again. live, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much, earlier at the same spot where the wreckage came to rest, an emotional scene. crash survivors and the families of the two girl tharps killed went to the crash site to honor the victim. it must have been overwhelming. >> dan, it was an emotional day as the families boarded four buses here at the crown plaza behind me and went to see the wreck edge for themselves. a caravan of buses escorted by police and tarmt officials returned to the crash scene tonight. on the buses, survivors and family members of those on board flight 214. the first group, relatives of the two 16-year-olds who were killed in the crash. the two families on a large white bus stayed at the scene for more than 30 minutes before they were escorted back to the hotel by polic
would be a matter of handing the run way back over to sfo to do debris clean up, the evidence that the ntsb does not need and then, the airport has a long task, perhaps as much as a week of not only finishing the cleanup, but also the repairs to make sure that the runway is safe to accept planes for landing again. live, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much, earlier at the same spot where the wreckage came to rest, an emotional scene. crash survivors and the families of the two girl tharps...
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>> what i will tell you is the ntsb conducts varied investigations. we will not reach a determination of probable cause in the first few days we're on an accident scene. we want to make sure we gather all the evidence and facts early in the investigation. >> asia na airlines admits the pilot was in training. although he was an experienced pilot, this was his first time landing a boeing 777 at sfo. he had only 43 hours flight time on this type of plane. newest photos released today show investigators at the crash site examing the debris field. close attention was paid to the tail section that broke apart. other investigators were examining the landing gear sitting on the run way. just some of the evidence needed to zero in on a cause. >> federal investigators still need to interview the crew and the safety inspectors will be joining the investigation. kpix 5. >> a new photo shows two teen victims together and smiling. 16-year-old wang lin jio and ye meng yuan. they are looking into a possibility an emergency vehicle rushing to the scene may have hit on
>> what i will tell you is the ntsb conducts varied investigations. we will not reach a determination of probable cause in the first few days we're on an accident scene. we want to make sure we gather all the evidence and facts early in the investigation. >> asia na airlines admits the pilot was in training. although he was an experienced pilot, this was his first time landing a boeing 777 at sfo. he had only 43 hours flight time on this type of plane. newest photos released today...
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ntsb investigators will interviw two pilots of flight 214. two members of the four pilot crew were interviewed yesterday. pilot training, work rest histories of any incidents of health issues leading up to saturday's crash will be reviewed. and the ceo is expected to arrive in san francisco today. cate caugurian is at sfo with new information we received from the ntsb this morning. >> reporter: good morning. investigators tell us they hope to present that new information at today's press conference after they interview the two other pilots in control at the plane at the time it crashed. investigators want to figure out what the pilots were doing moments before the plane touched down. the ntsb says the plane was flying too low and 40 miles an hour slower than the recommended speed for a landing. two other pilots were interviewed last night and they are going back in for another round. being interviewed by u.s. and korean investigators. >> we do group interviews and began those on monday. we're about halfway through the interview process. and e
ntsb investigators will interviw two pilots of flight 214. two members of the four pilot crew were interviewed yesterday. pilot training, work rest histories of any incidents of health issues leading up to saturday's crash will be reviewed. and the ceo is expected to arrive in san francisco today. cate caugurian is at sfo with new information we received from the ntsb this morning. >> reporter: good morning. investigators tell us they hope to present that new information at today's press...
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abc 7 is live at the ntsb command center. new information released by investigators tonight. >> yes. more on the air speed after auto pilot was disengaged but that is what happened from the flight data recorder now investigators will want to ask the crew why. >> ntsb investigators are still gathering evidence and doing mapping of the accident scene near san francisco. at the washington dc labs, groups are convoining. >> we want to have people on that cockpit voice recorder group who are familiar with the aircraft. and any noises or sounds or alerts that might come from that aircraft. oo also today the ntsb will be interviewing three captains and one first officer responsible for flying this plane. one pilot, experienced with other aircraft was still learning to fly the boeing 777. the who was the pilot flying? who was in command? >> what the crew says will be compared against the voice and data recordings. >> whether hand flying the airplane, where auto pilot was on, what kind of reliance they may have had on auto maigs. how
abc 7 is live at the ntsb command center. new information released by investigators tonight. >> yes. more on the air speed after auto pilot was disengaged but that is what happened from the flight data recorder now investigators will want to ask the crew why. >> ntsb investigators are still gathering evidence and doing mapping of the accident scene near san francisco. at the washington dc labs, groups are convoining. >> we want to have people on that cockpit voice recorder...
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>> we are at holiday inn where the ntsb chairman will brief us this morning. we will hear from her during the newscast. the new details have been released by investigators including what the pilots were thinking in the final approach. investigators say the pilots thought the automatic controls were maintaining the proper airspeed and investigators previously said the plane was coming in too slow. just revealed this is the first time the two pilots had flown together and the instructors first time to teach. the other pilot was in training to fly this type of plane. there is speculation that cultural differences may have played a role. airline expert tells us that airlines have been working on assertiveness for decades. >> they teach people, crew members, regardless of rank or hours of experience, to be assertive and say "i don't think that is right," and not be afraid to say that because it does no good to defer someone if they fly you into the side of a mountain. >> landing at sfo on a similar day should look like on a saturday morning it was clear. this was l
>> we are at holiday inn where the ntsb chairman will brief us this morning. we will hear from her during the newscast. the new details have been released by investigators including what the pilots were thinking in the final approach. investigators say the pilots thought the automatic controls were maintaining the proper airspeed and investigators previously said the plane was coming in too slow. just revealed this is the first time the two pilots had flown together and the instructors...
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>> we always have to wait and see what the ntsb says. they do know now the airplane was flying too slow and the people in the cockpit somehow or other allowed that to happen. so whether it was an instrument issue or just a pilot issue. but we do know it was flying too slow. >> michael, i have an issue i'm going to raise with you. it's a tough one. a number of commentators raised it yesterday. not about the 777. but about the 787. the amazing thing about what took place over the weekend in part was that so many people thankfully were able to get out alive, without injury. that plane was made out of aluminum. there was some conversation yesterday among some analysts that had a plane made out of composite crashed, that you might have had a tougher time. meaning the plane right not have stayed together as well as this plane did. what do you make of that? >> i don't know if we really know that yet. i would suspect that's speculation. remember, that fire was what they call an attic fire. more electrical than anything else. there was no fuel bu
>> we always have to wait and see what the ntsb says. they do know now the airplane was flying too slow and the people in the cockpit somehow or other allowed that to happen. so whether it was an instrument issue or just a pilot issue. but we do know it was flying too slow. >> michael, i have an issue i'm going to raise with you. it's a tough one. a number of commentators raised it yesterday. not about the 777. but about the 787. the amazing thing about what took place over the...
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we will get the latest on the ntsb crash investigation in a couple of hours. abc7 news reporter is at sfo. amy hollyfield?
we will get the latest on the ntsb crash investigation in a couple of hours. abc7 news reporter is at sfo. amy hollyfield?
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just moments ago an ntsb official spoke with my colleague steve kornacki. >> i can tell you we had a couple of investigators here from california yesterday afternoon. they were able to secure the black boxes and get them out on
just moments ago an ntsb official spoke with my colleague steve kornacki. >> i can tell you we had a couple of investigators here from california yesterday afternoon. they were able to secure the black boxes and get them out on
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of course, those ntsb investigations, they tend to be quite lengthy. it could be some time before we get any true definitive answers. but we hope that the picture will become a little clearer as the day goes on, but what we really want to know is how the folks are doing on board. again, we just know, again, just based on the pictures here from the people that we've spoken to from the sources that have spoken to us and they've seen the pictures themselves, they say that if you were on board this plane, you may have experienced a thump. you may have heard a screeching sound, a scratching sound of the bottom of the plane scraping up against the ground there. that all makes a lot of sense. what we see here, which it looks clear, is that this plane did not impact a building. it did not impact a structure. so, we do know that. but as far as what else, as far as injuries, we don't know that. perhaps some smoke inhalation is possible. perhaps some overhead bins opened up in the process. again, this is all speculation of what comes along with this kind of crash
of course, those ntsb investigations, they tend to be quite lengthy. it could be some time before we get any true definitive answers. but we hope that the picture will become a little clearer as the day goes on, but what we really want to know is how the folks are doing on board. again, we just know, again, just based on the pictures here from the people that we've spoken to from the sources that have spoken to us and they've seen the pictures themselves, they say that if you were on board this...
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>>will: be just got done interviewing the chair of the ntsb. she told me they are looking at many things. they have wrapped up all of their interviews with the four pilots. she said this is forthcoming with a very honest and not confrontational. police and that part is done. how the aircraft came to land here. it could take weeks if not months to come up with the conclusion that the close of one of the things they're looking at is air speed. what happened to the aircraft. why did it come and so slow and 36 mi. per hour slower than it should have been periods. a key component is they're looking at the auto throttle. >> what we know is the information that we heard from the pilot and our interview with them and what they told us is that they believe that the auto throttle was monitoring speak for them and controlling the speak for them. they did recognize that they were slow. also, i asked her if that will tell them whether the auto throttle was working at the time. if it was engaged completely or if it looked like it was on. she said the black b
>>will: be just got done interviewing the chair of the ntsb. she told me they are looking at many things. they have wrapped up all of their interviews with the four pilots. she said this is forthcoming with a very honest and not confrontational. police and that part is done. how the aircraft came to land here. it could take weeks if not months to come up with the conclusion that the close of one of the things they're looking at is air speed. what happened to the aircraft. why did it come...
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i couldn't believe how powerful, how strong she was. >> reporter: ntsb investigators have completed the first round of pilot interviews. >> looking for things that might affect human performance, like fatigue, like illnesses or medication. >> reporter: anything to explain why the boeing 777 was traveling at a slow rate of speed when it struck the end of the runway and slid out of control, killing two 16-year-old schoolgirls from china. their grieving parents arrived in san francisco this morning, also searching for answers. and an investigation is also under way into whether one of the young victims may have survived the crash, only to be hit by an emergency vehicle rushing to the scene. john and diana? >> all right, brandi. we know investigators are taking a close look at the cockpit. any idea what they pulled out of there? >> reporter: ntsb says they did find the appropriate charts and approach for this airport in the cockpit. they made that announcement overnight. also, we know the black boxes, the voice and data recorders, those were removed from the cockpit very early on. investiga
i couldn't believe how powerful, how strong she was. >> reporter: ntsb investigators have completed the first round of pilot interviews. >> looking for things that might affect human performance, like fatigue, like illnesses or medication. >> reporter: anything to explain why the boeing 777 was traveling at a slow rate of speed when it struck the end of the runway and slid out of control, killing two 16-year-old schoolgirls from china. their grieving parents arrived in san...
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we learned ntsb has spoken to half of the pilots. the pilot at the stick flying that plane will be spoken to and interviewed by ntsb later today. they say they want to know what was going on in the cockpit, what the pilots were seeing, and why none of them realized they were in trouble. the video you mentioned, we're getting a very good idea how that evacuation and escape took place. moments after impact, emergency chutes deployed from the plane. >> that's scary. >> reporter: you see one person zipping down and a stream of people running for their lives. one slide reportedly popped open inside the plane, trapping people. >> we have heard that there were some problems inside of the aircraft. we need to understand why that happened. >> they are [ bleep ] running. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: eventually, dozens of emergency vehicles surrounded the plane. the possibility that a plane crash victim was struck by an emergency worker vehicle, now part of the investigation. >> we are reviewing airport surveillance video. >> reporter: united 88
we learned ntsb has spoken to half of the pilots. the pilot at the stick flying that plane will be spoken to and interviewed by ntsb later today. they say they want to know what was going on in the cockpit, what the pilots were seeing, and why none of them realized they were in trouble. the video you mentioned, we're getting a very good idea how that evacuation and escape took place. moments after impact, emergency chutes deployed from the plane. >> that's scary. >> reporter: you...
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. >>> in a separate scene the ntsb send ag crew to alaska this morning to investigate another deadly commercial plane crash. about ten people died when a small commercial plane crashed down yesterday morning. this happened about 150 miles south of anchorage. a tv producer with our nb affiliate was camping near the airport and took these photos of the smoke billowing from the crash site. the pilot and all nine passengers on that fixed-wing aircraft did unfortunately die. the plane is described as an air taxi. authorities have not released the identity of the victims. >>> we want to check the forecast for today locally. want to check in with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you, laura and jon. got to have that day-to-day business. a lot of people headed back to work after a long holiday weekend.
. >>> in a separate scene the ntsb send ag crew to alaska this morning to investigate another deadly commercial plane crash. about ten people died when a small commercial plane crashed down yesterday morning. this happened about 150 miles south of anchorage. a tv producer with our nb affiliate was camping near the airport and took these photos of the smoke billowing from the crash site. the pilot and all nine passengers on that fixed-wing aircraft did unfortunately die. the plane is...
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the ntsb says the auto throttle was armed but they cannot say yet if it was engaged. those are two different settings. another key question this morning, why weren't the pilots drug tested? >> we he would expect pilots to be drug and alcohol tested. for u.s. carriers that's the rule. the operator is required within a few hours of the crash to do that testing. that didn't happen in this situation and we're looking at what the requirements are for foreign carriers operating in the united states. >> of course that crash killed 2 of the 307 people on board and injured dozens of others. among the injured two flight attendants thrown out of the back of the plane after the tail broke off. today the ntsb is continuing interviews with the pilots, flight attendants and the passengers who remain here in the san francisco bay area. live in burlingame, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> this is an eerie welcome for those flying into sfo the past couple of days. cell phone video shows what passengers landing at the airport can see, debris from the wreckage on the runway adjacent to theirs.
the ntsb says the auto throttle was armed but they cannot say yet if it was engaged. those are two different settings. another key question this morning, why weren't the pilots drug tested? >> we he would expect pilots to be drug and alcohol tested. for u.s. carriers that's the rule. the operator is required within a few hours of the crash to do that testing. that didn't happen in this situation and we're looking at what the requirements are for foreign carriers operating in the united...
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the ntsb released runway 28 l back to the airport. this morning, sfo tells us they are in the process of cleaning seawall and a broken piece of navigational equipment. they are still waiting for the nts about to release that grass area you are looking at now and the wreckage that could happen in the next day or so once it does happen, the airport believe these could have 28 out back open for traffic and another 48 to 72 hours. so possibly by sunday or monday. it's just a matter of removing that airplane, cleaning up any spilled jet fuel and having the faa conduct a test landing to make sure the runway is safe. >> people who were seated in the back had a very different experience with respect to the crash forces and the damage that was in their compartment. the front of the aircraft has been described as undamaged, that they could have you know, if you didn't know this was a crashed airplane, the interior of the cabin looked like any other airplane but it was very different in the back. >> that was the ntsb chair explaining why that pi
the ntsb released runway 28 l back to the airport. this morning, sfo tells us they are in the process of cleaning seawall and a broken piece of navigational equipment. they are still waiting for the nts about to release that grass area you are looking at now and the wreckage that could happen in the next day or so once it does happen, the airport believe these could have 28 out back open for traffic and another 48 to 72 hours. so possibly by sunday or monday. it's just a matter of removing that...
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part of the ntsb, elite go team of investigators sent to san francisco is a group looking at how people survive plane crashes. >> this is all impact. blunt force, g force. >> reporter: we got exclusive access to their training center in 2009 and spoke to nora marshal who led the human performance and factors di vgs of the ntsb. >> tell me about it and how you want you - tell me about the myth and how you will disspell it. >> these days one key roone you can make it out. equipment enhancements. >> we have improved the chance of survival by improving seat strength. by building airplanes that can with stand crash forces. >> reporter: fake a look at the inside of the asiana plane. damaged seats could protect passengers. another example. little rock, june 1999. landing in a thunderstorm, american airlines flight, 1420 slide off the run way. if pacts a light structure. splits open. fire breaks out. with the fuselage breached. much of the cabin destroyed. many seats remain in tavenlgt even some ripped out by impact. here is one survivor's account. >> there was a gap in the side of the fuselage
part of the ntsb, elite go team of investigators sent to san francisco is a group looking at how people survive plane crashes. >> this is all impact. blunt force, g force. >> reporter: we got exclusive access to their training center in 2009 and spoke to nora marshal who led the human performance and factors di vgs of the ntsb. >> tell me about it and how you want you - tell me about the myth and how you will disspell it. >> these days one key roone you can make it out....
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. >> reporter: the ntsb says the pilots engaged in auto throttle device to maintain air speed. but for some reason the air speed slowed causing the plane to nearly stall. the ntsb wants to know why the three pilots in the cockpit didn't react sooner to the drop in air speed. >> one of the very critical things that needs to be monitored on an approach to landing is speed. and so we need to understand what was going on in the cockpit. >> reporter: the ntsb says none of the pilots was tested for drugs or alcohol after the crash. us pilots are required to submit to such testing after an accident. so far it appears pilots of foreign airlines are not. live in millbrae, ken wayne. >>> when disaster strikes the primary role of flight attendants becomes gear. they are not just waiters and waitresses but critical situation officers. we go to david stevenson for this story. >> reporter: tonight we have new photos showing the lenghts flight attendants went to safe flight their passengers. carrying some on their backs. >> fortunately these accidents don't happen very often. >> reporter: the
. >> reporter: the ntsb says the pilots engaged in auto throttle device to maintain air speed. but for some reason the air speed slowed causing the plane to nearly stall. the ntsb wants to know why the three pilots in the cockpit didn't react sooner to the drop in air speed. >> one of the very critical things that needs to be monitored on an approach to landing is speed. and so we need to understand what was going on in the cockpit. >> reporter: the ntsb says none of the...
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as the investigation continues at the crash site, the ntsb will also be talking to the pilots. >> in our investigation, we are often looking for things that might affect human performance like fatigue, like illnesses or medication like health issues and so we will be looking at all of those things to see if there are impacts on their ability to perform their jobs. >> investigators are also reviewing video of the crash taken by airport cameras as well as cell phone video recorded by others. >>> and what happened on the tarmac in the moments after the impact with nothing short of amaying. first responders rushed into the burning wreckage with one thought. save lives. >> they did it full well-known their were risking their own. >> reporter: there are 21 firefighters stationed at the airport on any given day on saturday, there are 24 who answered the initial call and they went right into that airplane knowing that there were people that need to be saved but not knowing what else they would find. >> o, my god. >> reporter: the alert came at 11:27 a.m. a boeing 777 packed with passengers c
as the investigation continues at the crash site, the ntsb will also be talking to the pilots. >> in our investigation, we are often looking for things that might affect human performance like fatigue, like illnesses or medication like health issues and so we will be looking at all of those things to see if there are impacts on their ability to perform their jobs. >> investigators are also reviewing video of the crash taken by airport cameras as well as cell phone video recorded by...
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our new pictures that the ntsb released. a mysterious light that one of the pilot says he saw what has been a discussion any investigation. the ntsb reveal that the pilot told investigators that he saw the light about 500 ft. before the crash landing. >> neither of the other two flight crew members mentioned as light during their interview with our investigators. in the review of the cockpit voice recorder, there is no discussion on the cpr of the light or of the flying pilot seeing a light. >> investigators said the pilot told them he did not believe that the bright light affected his ability to fly the plane. ntsb officials continue to say the plane came in too low and too slow clipping a sea wall at the edge of the runway. stay with kron4 as we continue our coverage of the investigation at our web site kron4 .com as well as our facebook and twitter feeds and our 247 news channel comcast 193. >> nine minutes after a 11:00 a.m. on wednesday. i'm sorry i say today? >> yes >> i apologize. i will start over again. a little gir
our new pictures that the ntsb released. a mysterious light that one of the pilot says he saw what has been a discussion any investigation. the ntsb reveal that the pilot told investigators that he saw the light about 500 ft. before the crash landing. >> neither of the other two flight crew members mentioned as light during their interview with our investigators. in the review of the cockpit voice recorder, there is no discussion on the cpr of the light or of the flying pilot seeing a...
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. >> we are expected to hear again from the ntsb sometime today. kron four's will tran is live in burlingame with that part of the story, will? >> i have confirmed that the news conference will take place at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. the chair woman stated that she will make her rounds with the media. she told me that they are still interviewing pilots. that's will pilot who was in charge of landing the plane here at s.f. all. you concede that it is still here and it will be your problem for the entire week. they will i give us the date on when it will be remote. it will be taken to off site location. but investigators still go through this. it will take awhile to come by with the conclusion. we did talk about speed this morning and early on, everything was on the table. they believe that the pilots came in to slow. they were sore than they needed to be when they came into the run way. i had a chance to talk to deborah, this is what she had to say. >> we look at a lot of accidents or around the world but here in the united states we in the city abo
. >> we are expected to hear again from the ntsb sometime today. kron four's will tran is live in burlingame with that part of the story, will? >> i have confirmed that the news conference will take place at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. the chair woman stated that she will make her rounds with the media. she told me that they are still interviewing pilots. that's will pilot who was in charge of landing the plane here at s.f. all. you concede that it is still here and it will be your...
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the ntsb says the planes landing gear hit first then the tail. the 777 was flying too slow on approach but in interviews the crew said a device called an auto throttle meant to maintain flying speed was in the on
the ntsb says the planes landing gear hit first then the tail. the 777 was flying too slow on approach but in interviews the crew said a device called an auto throttle meant to maintain flying speed was in the on
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. >> glor: we have john blackstone, anna werner and former ntsb chair. the runnaway train. a town nearly wiped out by 73 cars careening out of control in canadian. don d arc hler says at least 40 are missing. >> oh, say can you see. >> glor: more than a game, 4,000 from newtown, connecticut, come together for an emotional afternoon in new york. and getting the message. police work up surprising new ways to prevent people from texting wile driving. >> they don't see it coming if they're not paying attention. they'll drive right past you while they're texting. captioning sponsored by cbs ews" this is the "cbs evening news". >> glor: good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor, it was the first commercial airline crash in the u.s. in four and a half years. and tonight dramatic new home video is emerging of the moment the plane came down. you can see the video shows the back of the plane hitting the seawall, then bouncing up and producing a cloud of dust and smoke after that. the boeing 777 was charred and broken off the runway at san francisco's airport on saturday. two people were
. >> glor: we have john blackstone, anna werner and former ntsb chair. the runnaway train. a town nearly wiped out by 73 cars careening out of control in canadian. don d arc hler says at least 40 are missing. >> oh, say can you see. >> glor: more than a game, 4,000 from newtown, connecticut, come together for an emotional afternoon in new york. and getting the message. police work up surprising new ways to prevent people from texting wile driving. >> they don't see it...
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earlier today, ntsb said sfo will retake control of the shutdown runway. that appears to be the case right now. sfo says this is the number one priority to clear the wreckage from runway 28-l. >>> there's been other developments tonight. survivors of the crash made an emotional return to the tarmac at sfo, seeing what they lived through. and investigators revealed a detailed time line of what happened inside the cabin, as flight attendants jumped into action. we also heard of a pilot reporting being blinded by a light just 30 seconds before impact. >>> first, new tonight at 11:00, we've obtained the 911 calls, survivors spread across the tarmac, calling for help. >> some of the calls, calm and informational. others frantic, calling for help, for badly burned and injured passengers. >> hi, we're at the san francisco international airport. and we just got in a plane crash. and there's a lot of people that need help. is there any way an ambulance can be sent? >> are you with a lot of the ambulances that are there? >> no. we have people over here that weren't
earlier today, ntsb said sfo will retake control of the shutdown runway. that appears to be the case right now. sfo says this is the number one priority to clear the wreckage from runway 28-l. >>> there's been other developments tonight. survivors of the crash made an emotional return to the tarmac at sfo, seeing what they lived through. and investigators revealed a detailed time line of what happened inside the cabin, as flight attendants jumped into action. we also heard of a pilot...
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new details tonight from the ntsb. federal investigators interviewed the asiana flight crew today and those interviews included the pilot who was actually physically it at the controls when flight 214 hit the sea wall at san francisco's airport. according to national transportation safety board's chairwoman deborah hersman, the flying pilot was a veteran. he it did have about 10,000 hours of flight time but he was still in their initial operating experience when it came to the 777 on which they're now saying he had flown about 35 hours. that's a little bit fewer than we had originally thought. karen, there were lots of new things we found out today. what else? >> reporter: other key things we learned, the pilot error, assume the auto throttle was working as designed at the last minute they realized they were flying too slow, too low as well. they tried to make correctionses from 500 to 200 feet. that failed. the landing gear hitting the sea wall first, then the tail and amazingly two flight attendants were ejected from
new details tonight from the ntsb. federal investigators interviewed the asiana flight crew today and those interviews included the pilot who was actually physically it at the controls when flight 214 hit the sea wall at san francisco's airport. according to national transportation safety board's chairwoman deborah hersman, the flying pilot was a veteran. he it did have about 10,000 hours of flight time but he was still in their initial operating experience when it came to the 777 on which...
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. >>> meantime the ntsb already handed control of the runway back over to sfo. that investigation right now is just getting started. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in burlingame right now overlooking the runway. bob, you have brand new video for us that gives us a clearer look at what the landing should have looked like compared to what happened out there. >> reporter: yes, good morning, jon. all week we've been talking about wha"xñ went wrong with th final approach. now we've got a visual to>okg you what happened. a detailed animation, just so you get some frame of reference. the ghost image of the aircraft on top is how ice anna flight 214 was supposed to land at sfo saturday morning. the solid image of the aircraft below shows what actually happened. what's most stunning is how off flight 214 was. you can see it's much lower in altitude than it should have been. you can see the position of the plane as the pilots pulled up failed attempt to abort the landing before the tail hit the seawall, shattered and the plane came to a crashing halt in the gr
. >>> meantime the ntsb already handed control of the runway back over to sfo. that investigation right now is just getting started. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in burlingame right now overlooking the runway. bob, you have brand new video for us that gives us a clearer look at what the landing should have looked like compared to what happened out there. >> reporter: yes, good morning, jon. all week we've been talking about wha"xñ went wrong with th...
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>> reporter: john, the ntsb says they did find the appropriate charts and approach for this airport in the cockpit. they made that announcement overnight. also, we know those black boxes, the voice and data recorders, those were removed from the cockpit very early on. investigators are still combing through those in washington, d.c. and later on today, when they conduct more of these interviews, they're going to be specifically looking at what these pilots did in the 72 hours, all the details, in the 72 hours leading up to this crash landing. >> all right, brandi hitt in san francisco. thank you. stay with abc news for new developments from san francisco. complete coverage coming up later today on "good morning america." >>> and now, details in another deadly crash that we've learned that two families vacationing from south carolina were among the ten people killed in that alaska plane crash on sunday. relatives say one of the families usually spent vacation in myrtle beach but decided to go to alaska this year instead. the pilot also died when the air taxi crashed at a remote airport
>> reporter: john, the ntsb says they did find the appropriate charts and approach for this airport in the cockpit. they made that announcement overnight. also, we know those black boxes, the voice and data recorders, those were removed from the cockpit very early on. investigators are still combing through those in washington, d.c. and later on today, when they conduct more of these interviews, they're going to be specifically looking at what these pilots did in the 72 hours, all the...
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we will be coordinating with the ntsb. my understanding is the scene is secured with the assistance of the sfpd and at this time we are again working the numbers to determine exactly who is going where in transports. there were a number like i said 190 of the passengers pretty much self-evacuated or with assistance from meremergency responders over here to san francisco and they were categorized as green which means minor injuries and i'm told that if 82 of the 190 were transported to the hospitals the other, the math is about 108, would be declared not necessary to go to the hospital. that's all we have at this time. thank you. >> the command was transferred at approximately 2:45 hours to fbi agent in charge dave johnson. do you wish to make any additional comments? >> thank you. i'm fbi special agent in charge david johnson. on behalf of the fbi i want to convey that our thoughts and prayers are with all the flight's passengers and crew and their families. at this point in time there is no indication of terrorism involve
we will be coordinating with the ntsb. my understanding is the scene is secured with the assistance of the sfpd and at this time we are again working the numbers to determine exactly who is going where in transports. there were a number like i said 190 of the passengers pretty much self-evacuated or with assistance from meremergency responders over here to san francisco and they were categorized as green which means minor injuries and i'm told that if 82 of the 190 were transported to the...
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this is a critical question the ntsb is focusing on. were they talking to each other and distracted? was there some sort after cultural thing going on here where they were deferring to one or the other? all of that is going to be part of this investigation as they try to figure out why would four experienced pilots come in so slow, dangerously slow at stall speed, and right up to san francisco international airport a an approach that requires quite a bit of attention as you come in here, alex. >> tom, let me ask you because i think a lot of people are under the impression that in situations like this especially with landings and take-offs, the airplane's on-board computer systems kick in at a certain point if you are in danger and that did not seem to be the case with this flight. do we know why there wasn't sort of an automatic response to the plane flying too low and too slow? >> they were not -- yeah. they were not on auto pilot. they were flying manually. it was up to them to watch their air speed. now the stick shaker kicked in. th
this is a critical question the ntsb is focusing on. were they talking to each other and distracted? was there some sort after cultural thing going on here where they were deferring to one or the other? all of that is going to be part of this investigation as they try to figure out why would four experienced pilots come in so slow, dangerously slow at stall speed, and right up to san francisco international airport a an approach that requires quite a bit of attention as you come in here, alex....
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terrible misjudgment thinking that they knew better than the safety protocols but that is what the ntsb will do, they will interview people and look at everything and a year from now we will have a good idea as to what actually happened to make sure that it never happens again. there was a similar accident about five-and-a-half years ago but we know exactly what what happened there, crystals of ice in the fuel blocked the pilot to not get him to respond and you can't blame that on the pilot. >> good information, thank you, tom. we want to put out a picture that was tweet bid a passenger named ben levy that was on the plane during the crash and tweeted out this picture saying he was waiting for his ct scan and diagnosis at sf general and thoughts and prayers are with fellow passengers and family. obviously this picture was taken, remarkable, taken moments after this happened. we were thinking what they were thinking and what they had gone through and looking at the plane with all of that smoke and wondering if everyone got out safely. i can't began to imagine. >> the shock and adrenaline
terrible misjudgment thinking that they knew better than the safety protocols but that is what the ntsb will do, they will interview people and look at everything and a year from now we will have a good idea as to what actually happened to make sure that it never happens again. there was a similar accident about five-and-a-half years ago but we know exactly what what happened there, crystals of ice in the fuel blocked the pilot to not get him to respond and you can't blame that on the pilot....
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>> we are at holiday inn where the ntsb chairman wil
>> we are at holiday inn where the ntsb chairman wil
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we know the go-team from the ntsb aren in oground right now, doing their investigation. why they look at is the black box and be able to determine the important question, which is was the plane on auto pilot or was the pilot using manual controls. and that will tell us what happened in that final 3,000 feet as is approached 28l, that runway there that 11,000-foot runway. >> well, congressman, as a member of the government, you can speak to what the government does so well when it comes to the dispib the national transportation safety board and how they spring into action at times like this is quite something. >> they're at the ready, and they're ready to go as soon as any aviation crash takes place, anywhere in the united states, and they'll be on the ground within 24 hours. this team is already there and the chairman -- chairwoman spoke today about the investigation and what will take place. i'm also in the transportation subcommittee for homeland security, and it does look like terrorism has been ruled out. the fbi is saying there's nothing to indicate it is terrorism,
we know the go-team from the ntsb aren in oground right now, doing their investigation. why they look at is the black box and be able to determine the important question, which is was the plane on auto pilot or was the pilot using manual controls. and that will tell us what happened in that final 3,000 feet as is approached 28l, that runway there that 11,000-foot runway. >> well, congressman, as a member of the government, you can speak to what the government does so well when it comes to...
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because the ntsb is saying that the air speed on this aircraft really fell dangerously low. generally you want to hit the end of that runway, you want to come in just like this united airlines flight is coming in right now. you want to come in at about 137 knots and notice that he is touching down almost where the remains of flight 214 are right now. they were coming in at 103 knots. not 137 knots. 103 was their lowest speed just seconds before they hit the end of the pier here. when they hit the sea barrier wall. so the question investigators are asking is, how could that happen? generally the co-pilot is supposed to be watching the air speed and the descent rate. was it one captain thinking the other one was watching the air speed and the other thinking the other one had it in there's question about that. they're interviewing the crew in korean and english. there's another tragic twist to the whole story. that is as firefighters responded with a full emergency response on saturday, the fire department says it now believes one of its responding rigs accidentally hit one of
because the ntsb is saying that the air speed on this aircraft really fell dangerously low. generally you want to hit the end of that runway, you want to come in just like this united airlines flight is coming in right now. you want to come in at about 137 knots and notice that he is touching down almost where the remains of flight 214 are right now. they were coming in at 103 knots. not 137 knots. 103 was their lowest speed just seconds before they hit the end of the pier here. when they hit...
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but the ntsb has not confirmed that just yet. investigators have looked over the cockpit crew schedule and say they were well rested and now we're learning why passengers were not immediately evacuated. the captain told them not to. >> the flight crew told the flight attendant not to initiate an evacuation. they were communicating with the tower about the emergency. the lead or the cabin manager made an announce minute over the p.a. for -- made an announcement over the p.a. for people to stay in their seats. >> that delayed evacuation by 90 seconds. passengers were only ordered out when another flight attendant saw flames. >>> kpix 5's sharon chin tells us there's debate going on about the evacuation procedures. >> reporter: it is standard procedure for flight attendants to ask the flight deck if it's okay to evacuate. cbs news aviation consultant sully sullenberger. >> some number of seconds would have been necessary for them to assess the situation and make sure it wasn't more dangerous for them immediately to evacuate into an
but the ntsb has not confirmed that just yet. investigators have looked over the cockpit crew schedule and say they were well rested and now we're learning why passengers were not immediately evacuated. the captain told them not to. >> the flight crew told the flight attendant not to initiate an evacuation. they were communicating with the tower about the emergency. the lead or the cabin manager made an announce minute over the p.a. for -- made an announcement over the p.a. for people to...
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abc 7 news is live in south san francisco tonight with the latest from the ntsb. >> the ntsb chairman briefed us here at the conference room at the holiday inn and told us about the pilot history. the pilots were apparently well rested with eight hours sleep night before but there are
abc 7 news is live in south san francisco tonight with the latest from the ntsb. >> the ntsb chairman briefed us here at the conference room at the holiday inn and told us about the pilot history. the pilots were apparently well rested with eight hours sleep night before but there are
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about the asiana airlines crash giving the information that pilots have made mistakes but that's the ntsb's job. >> there were people who knew about it and that's exactly what they think. the ntsb has the power to prevent something like this from ever happening again and it's their responsibility. the question that every one wants answered is what can be done to prevent another flight that happened like flight 214. there is a disagreement over a warning system. it visually alerts pilots of large dips in air speeds but according to the chronicle, now they are saying it dates back to at least 2002 when a charter crashed in minnesota killing eight people including a u.s. senator. >>> well the asiana airlines could talk about the expansion plan. they were ready to add 46 planes to its fleet and take them from asia to the u.s. asia had been rated one of the safest airlines in the world. they should adopt a strong safety improvement strategy and that they can he can plane to customers. >>> there is no is your chris -- service on tuesday's and they have one leaving ever day of the week in the afte
about the asiana airlines crash giving the information that pilots have made mistakes but that's the ntsb's job. >> there were people who knew about it and that's exactly what they think. the ntsb has the power to prevent something like this from ever happening again and it's their responsibility. the question that every one wants answered is what can be done to prevent another flight that happened like flight 214. there is a disagreement over a warning system. it visually alerts pilots...